Overhead (cave)

Overhead (cave)

DIRrebreather
Overhead Environment Workshop

GOAL

The DIRrebreather Overhead Environment
workshop is designed to provide the participant with rebreather-specific
knowledge and skills to safely explore caves and wrecks within the limits of
their current certification. This workshop doesn’t include complex navigation
techniques (as in a Full Cave Diver course) and deep cave/wreck exploration
(as in the DIRrebreather Expedition Mixed-gas workshop).

PREREQUISITES

To participate
in the workshop, it is required to:

Be at least 18 year old.

Have a Certification as rebreather diver (SCR
or CCR) by a recognized Training Agency

Have a Certification as wreck diver or cavern
diver by a recognized Training Agency. A certification as Advanced Wreck
Diver or Intro to Cave Diver is strongly recommended.

Have participated in a DIRrebreather
Fundamentals workshop in the past two years.

Be physically and mentally fit

Have a DAN Insurance (or equivalent
diving insurance)

The DIRrebreather Overhead Environment
workshop can be combined with the OC wreck or cave/cavern course provided all
the performance requirements are met.

It can also be conducted as soon as the
initial wreck/cave/cavern course has been completed on Open Circuit SCUBA.

The techniques being taught in this workshop
are specific to rebreather diving and can be applied to both overhead
environments (wreck/cave). However other techniques (navigation, line use,
etc) are specific to each environment and cannot necessarily be applied to
the other one. Initial certification, participant’s experience and local
conditions will dictate where the DIRrebreather Overhead Environment should
take place.

DURATION AND LIMITS

The workshop
should last for a minimum of 4 days with at least 4 hours of Academics and 6
in-water sessions to a maximum depth depending on the participants’ current
certification level.

Maximum in-water Instructor-to-student ratio
is 1:3

Our instructors

Pim van der Horst

The Netherlands

Simon Townsend

Spain, United Kingdom

Eveline Verdier

France

Christian Massaad

Spain/Lanzarote

Bruce Konefe

Thailand

Marco Valenti

Italy

Paul Neilsen

Phillipines

Patrick Vanstraelen

Belgium

Diego Esposito

Italy

About Dirrebreather

DIRrebreather is an organization dedicated to safety and proper training standards for rebreather diving. Technical and recreational SCR and CCR divers worldwide share their knowledge and current practices to improve diving safety, protocols, procedures and manufacturer standards. DIRrebreather members participate in wreck expeditions, cave explorations and training workshops.